Change…

Life has a tendency to be in a state of flux for me lately.  I consider this a good thing.  Looking back on my past, I can’t think of many circumstances where major things changed and it didn’t improve my life in the long run.  What’s important is how we react to change.

That being said, my Image of the Day Project is struggling.  New surroundings, new work scenario, return to class, longer commute.  It has been hard for me to phocus on photos.  I apologize for the neglect.  I’d prefer to make the updates less frequent and keep up my sanity and quality…  Please keep checking back.  Add me as a friend on facebook and I’ll let you know when the updates come.

Note:  Studio photos below are from a class I’m taking at SMC.  Setups are not mine, and I’ll be doing my shoot next week.  I just snapped these photos with my point and shoot during class.

Sleep now.

More wandering…

This post has images from Hermosa Beach, Agoura Hills, Las Vegas, and all points between.  Their common thread is that I took them recently, which is pretty awesome, isn’t it?  Also common amongst them is that they seem to be lacking in people.  There was no conscious effort to avoid people in the images, but I often find myself looking for compositions that can exclude people.  Things end up a little more graphic that way.  Oh hey, I just noticed that there is some form of water in a bunch of these too.  I like what the rain does to the planet photographically.  Over half were taken from the car too…  I guess maybe they do have a little more in common than I thought…

Anyway, check out the images.  Click on the thumbnails below to see the larger versions.  You can navigate through the larger images as well.  If you want to see which ones I picked for the Image of the Day Project, please click HERE…  I’ll have them up soon.

Thanks for looking!

February 15th, 2011 – Image of the Day candidates…

Welp, apparently just claiming you never get sick only works most of the time.  I’ve been fortunate enough to be relatively healthy in recent history, but this week doesn’t appear to follow that trend.  Whilst attempting to prepare myself for work this morning, my daily 100 point inspection revealed I was in no condition to work.  Today’s photos were taken in my 3 block stroll to gather some grub.  Wet and rainy is probably the best way to have a sick day, and the PTB (a.k.a. Powers That Be) were happy to oblige.

I will soon be selecting an Image of the Day for the Project (viewable HERE…)

How do you think?

Ketchup anyone?

Another batch of recent images…  These are from last Thursday and forward, mostly from Phoenix…

I had a great weekend in Arizona where I was pleased to meet and see again some old friends of Kayla’s.  She knows good people.  Good people know her.  It was fun.  There were a few pop quizzes involved, in which I was tested on my suitability for my lady.  I hope I got all the answers right, and if I didn’t, perhaps I can bribe some kind folks with a nice image or two…

See which ones get picked for the Image of the Day Project HERE…  I’m almost back in the swing of things!

Image of the Day – Catch Up Batch Part 2

So an Image of the Day Project should probably have an image posted every day, right?

Well I’m really not doing so hot when it comes to staying on track lately.  Don’t fret, I haven’t stop shooting photos, I’ve just been doing a poor job of getting them online in a timely manner.

I have another large batch below of images taken since the last update, now the chore is to get them on the project website (HERE)…  I will attempt to get back on track now, so please come back and see if I’m making good on my goal!

Thanks so much for looking, and I hope you like what you see.  Feel free to contact me and let me know what you think!

matt@matthewandersonphotography.com

Image of the Day – Catch Up Batch

So I started to post some catch up galleries, and then I thought better of it.  Rather than making a ton of posts to show late images I have to catch up on, I thought I’d combine them into a couple galleries.

In early January, my computer broke for nearly two weeks.  I’m starting to catch up on getting through the images I took since then, and this the first part of the result.

Once I get everything sorted out, I’ll update the entire project gallery HERE… so that everything is in order…  I hope you like the images…

January 7th, 2011 – Image of the Day catch up…

Another long overdue post…  I’ll update the image set on my website soon…

These are the same roses that were purchased to decorate my home for the Rose Bowl weekend…  These images represent how it felt when those Rose Bowl ambitions were withering and dying…

January 6th, 2011 – Image of the Day Catch Up…

An old post long overdue…

Pam and Ross are pregnant…

and Pam looks great!  Ross looks small…

January 22nd, 2011 – Image of the Day candidates…

On this happy Saturday I woke up early because its what I do.  Whilst waiting for my coffee to brew, I decided to walk and see the sunrise.  The surf came up and made for an interesting couple of hours.  Let me know what you think and how I did.

See which image I picked for the Image of the Day Project HERE…